article thumbnail

How Deesha Philyaw Built Her Writing Career From the Ground Up—and Landed a 7-Figure Book Deal

Success

How Deesha Philyaw got her first break This was before the economic collapse of 2008, when media outlets and magazines paid freelancers quite well. Then I pitched him, and then I ended up writing several pieces for his magazine and that was great until, again, the economy collapsed.” Photo by Vanessa German.

UPS 290
article thumbnail

It’s Not the End: Why Creating an Exit Strategy Sets Your Business Up for Long-Term Success

Success

And sadly, in 2008 Yahoo turned down an offer to be acquired by Microsoft for $44.6 Photo by Monkey Business Images/Shutterstock.com The post It’s Not the End: Why Creating an Exit Strategy Sets Your Business Up for Long-Term Success appeared first on SUCCESS. In 2023, Google has a market cap of $1.7

Yahoo 273
Insiders

Sign Up for our Newsletter

This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.

article thumbnail

Celebrating New Talent: Emerging Entrepreneurs Shines a Light on Up-and-Coming Entrepreneurs

Success

And the magazine is making that even more official with its new Emerging Entrepreneurs awards , which will shine a light on the next wave of entrepreneurs and recognize the achievements of up-and-comers. “We In our society, we’re taught so often to never quit and never give up. ClassPass is now worth over $1 billion.

UPS 215
article thumbnail

Here’s Why Your 2024 Corporate Workplace Strategy Needs Coworking

Allwork

Coworking started as a grassroots movement and has evolved into a legitimate industry, especially after the 2008 recession disrupted traditional office leases. In the window from 2008-2010, buildings across the U.S. Indeed, what started out as a scrappy, not-for-profit social movement has evolved into an industry in its own right.

2024 306
article thumbnail

UK/Ireland small Business News Round-up – 11/04/2008 | THE SMALL.

The Small Business Blog

FPB warns that removing ‘green’ fuel tax incentive will further alienate small firms : The FPB is questioning the Government’s commitment to helping small firms switch to environmentally friendly fuels, following an announcement in the 2008 Budget that it is to remove a tax incentive for investing in ‘green’ biofuels.

2008 100
article thumbnail

Australia/ New Zealand Small Business News Round-up – 02/07/2008.

The Small Business Blog

Small business becomes less taxing with new concessions : SMALL businesses can potentially access up to 13 new tax concessions following wide-ranging changes effective from July 1. As always this list is not exhaustive, but I hope it will give you a little overview. — ST. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0

2008 100
article thumbnail

Blog Action Day 2008

Loosely Speaking

Home VA Training VA FAQ Podcast Featured Events for Bloggers & VAs Blog Action Day 2008 Wednesday, October 15, 2008 at 1:00 am // By: ktcosmos // Category: Blogging As a participant in Blog Action Day 2008, I asked everyone I know for information on programs (actual or planned) which combat poverty.

2008 100